WHAT'S NOT WORKING: DAY 1

SOMA turn lanes: For years, the two left lanes on Howard Street near Sixth Street allowed left-hand turns onto Sixth. The far left lane on Howard was left-turn only, while the other lane let vehicles go left or continue straight. This other lane had a series of two-arrow markings on the pavement that ChronicleWatch reader Roger Bodian says need to be repainted since they have practically faded from sight. Bodian says he's witnessed countless cars trying to make a left onto Sixth from this other lane on Howard - maneuvers that startle drivers in the far left lane. But Judson True, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, says the left-hand turns from this other lane are no longer allowed. About a year ago, True said, city regulators decided that only vehicles in the far left lane on Howard can make lefts onto Sixth - a decision "to improve pedestrian safety at this intersection." True said his agency will send out a crew to completely undo the outlines of the two-arrow markings that are still evident on Howard Street.